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Our correspondent on the great teenage British sprint hope ready to make the journey from Surrey to stardom after spending time in elite company

DRIVING past, it does not look much. The sight of North Carolina Central University (NCCU) is unimpressive, a modestly maintained cluster of buildings and grounds set in the high-crime, low-income town of Durham.

Of universities in the area, NCCU is not among the top three and the most striking aspect of the athletics track is the weeds that populate the American football practice field contained within it.

A golf cart is parked on the infield, serving, for the two men sitting in it, as a means to move between the athletes and as protection from the sun. One is Trevor